It gets the name ‘Geminids’ as the Shower appears to radiate from a point in the Gemini Constellation.
Usually, meteor showers are caused when Earth passes through rock pieces and ice left by comets.
NASA says that there are four theories: one that Phaethon broke apart from another object and ejected meteoroids during the breakup; two that a collision with another object could have produced the debris and Earth travels through this debris every December.
Arrive about 30 minutes early to the spot as your eyes need time to adjust to the dark.
The shower is captured via a meteor camera at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
This year the bright moon may not provide the best conditions for viewing the shower, but after 2 am, if skies are clear we can see a good show.
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